STANLEY Whitney paints like a jazz musician. Having found a solid structure that he can rely on gives him the freedom to improvise. He riffs with color. He is a color improviser. His compositions are rows and columns of eloquent color in a loosely defined grid.
Improvisation is the elongation and exploration of the moment, demanding trust and letting go. Whitney lets himself go in his studio listening to Miles Davis’s a free-wheeling fusion of trumpet blasts, pulsing bass, throbbing drums, and clashing cymbals. Whitney has been painting to this album for 30 years. When he walks into the studio, he immediately
